1. The Kennedy Presidency
“1000 Days” ( )

2. Today’s Objective After today’s lesson, students will be able to…
Assess the Kennedy presidency
Draw conclusions as to his legacy
Essential Skill:
Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions

3. The Kennedy Mystique Youth and charisma “Trendsetter” “Camelot”
Only Catholic president
Enhanced in death…

4. The “New Frontier” Domestic Agenda Opposed by Republican Congress
Economy
Education
Healthcare
Civil Rights
Opposed by Republican Congress
Deficit spending
Tax Cuts
Civil Rights Bill (1964)

5. “Ask not what your country can do for you, but…”
“Space Race” after Sputnik I
1961 Alan Shepard 2nd in space
1962 John Glenn orbits earth
Man on the moon: July 20, 1969
Peace Corps

6. Foreign Affairs “Cold Warrior” – tough on communism
Emphasized military’s “flexible response”
Green Beret special forces

7. Latin America 1961 Bay of Pigs disaster 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
Hotline to Kremlin installed

8. Europe 1961 Berlin Wall 1963 Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Kennedy visit & speech
1963 Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

9. Assassination Dallas, November 22, 1963 Warren Commission report
Texas Book Depository
Lee Harvey Oswald fired 3 shots
Jack Ruby killed Oswald
Warren Commission report
Conspiracy?

12. Your Turn… Abraham Zapruder film
Beyond Conspiracy: The Kennedy Assassination (2003)